Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy, as the spokesperson for Talk About Curing Autism (TACA), will be joined by Lance Armstrong in hosting Ante Up For Autism, a celebrity charity poker event. The night will also include a live a silent auction.

Some of the celebs planning to ante up are Tony Hawk, Ryan Sheckler, Jim Everett, to name a few. The event is open to the public, with a $500 per person buy-in just to attend and a $1000 buy-in to take part in the poker tournament, so if you’re near the Regis Hotel in Monarch Beach/Dana Point, California this Friday, don’t say there’s nothing fun to do!

If you’re not in the area, or just don’t have $500 or more to throw around, you can make a smaller purchase and still help out — Ante Up For Autism playing cards are available for just $5.50 here. You can purchase tickets there as well, but you should know that they’ll only be available until Thursday, October 2 at 5 p.m. PST. Or, you can take part in the silent auction at this website.

If you’re just interested in learning more about the Ante Up For Autism Event, check out their website (and you tell me — does that picture look anything like Jenny McCarthy? What kind of photoshopping did they do?).

Ante Up For Autism playing cards can be purchased from TACA for $5.50.

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Jenny McCarthy and her boyfriend, Jim Carey, led a rally in Washington, D.C. last week for Green Our Vaccines. Jenny’s six-year-old son is autistic, and Green Our Vaccines is a program through TACA (Talk About Curing Autism), which Jenny is very involved with.

The goal of the rally was to “demand Congress take action to Green Our Vaccine supply while reassessing our current vaccine schedule. Ask Congress to reenact legislation that would eliminate mercury and other toxins from our children’s vaccines, study the instance of Autism and other neurological disorders in vaccinated versus unvaccinated children, and to extend the statute of limitation to allow all children affected by vaccine induced Autism to file in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.”

Autism is on the rise, and many parents blame the increasing number of vaccines that children are given at a young age. The rally didn’t aim to get people to avoid vaccinating their children –Jenny and Jim support immunization. However, they feel that children are receiving too many vaccines too soon, and want parents to do their research before giving kids their shots to find the least toxic options.

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